Railway-brake hanger.



No. 668,805. Patented Feb. 26, 1901. T. w. SALING.

RAILWAY BRAKE HANGER.

' led July 13, 1 O0.

(Applicat mu fi 9 (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT GEETCE.

THOMAS W. SALINGQOF MARSHALL, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-BRAKE HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,805, dated February26, 1901.

Application filed July is, 1900. Serial No. 23,491. on model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. SALING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marshall, in the county of Harrison and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Brake Hangers;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for hanging brake-beams from the sillsof car-floors, and has for its object to provide a brake-hanger of aconstruction to permit of the speedy and easy removal of the brake andits supporting mechanism from the floor-frame for purposes of repair andthe substitution of others without the necessity of displacing orinjuring any permanent parts of the car, the construction at the sametime obviating wear, breakage, and decay.

With this object in view my invention consists in an improvedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of part-s hereinafter fullydescribed and afterward specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View showing one wheel, aportion of the brake-beam, and the brake hanger and block in elevation,with the center longitudinal sills and part of the floor of the car insection. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one end of the brake-block.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like and corresponding parts in theseveral views of the drawings.

1 indicates the floor of the car, and 2 and 3 the central longitudinaldraft-sills, upon which the floor is partially supported.

4 indicates the brake-block, which consists of a web 5 and flanges 6 and7 and is of a proper size to admit of its being snugly fitted betweenthe sills 2 and 3, with the flanges, 6 and 7 resting against the innervertical surfaces of said sills. The block is secured to the sills bymeans of lag-screws 8, which are passed through openings 9 in theflanges and threaded into the sills. In the web 5 are provided two setsof openings 10 and 11 in corresponding, but opposite, positions withrelat ion to a central opening 12, formed in the flange for the purposeof lightening its construction and economizing in the weight of metalwithout detriment to its strength.

By reason of the opposite location of the pairs of holes 10 and 11 thebrake-blocks are made reversible, which may be desirable at times tosecure a proper fit between the sills and for other reasons. In the hole10, which by reason of the position of the block is below the centralopening 12, is fitted the upper end of the main hanger 13 of abrake-beam 14:, which is usually a rigid bar, while in the hole 11 issecured the upper end of the auxiliary hanger 15, usually composed oflink-bars.

16 indicates the car-wheel.

When the parts are in position, as shown in Fig. 1, the brake-beam 14will be safely suspended from the block 4, and the block may be readilysecured to the sills 2 and 3 by means of lag-screws 8 without weakeningthe sill by mortises or otherwise removing portions of off them, as isnecessary with the ordinary wooden brake-block usually mortised andtenoned into the draft-sills. To secure the removal or replacing of theblock between the sills, it is only necessary to insert or remove, asthe case may be, the lag-screws, which can be done without moving thesills or in any wise disturbing the floor construction, and should anypart become worn or broken and require renewal or repair such work canbe done speedily and easily and at a minimum expense.

The advantages attending the use of my invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description of its construction andoperation, and while I have specifically described the various parts Idesire it to be understood that many slight changes therein orvariations therefrom may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A brake-block adapted to be secured between the draft-sills of a car,comprising an intermediate web adapted to support hangers and twoflanged heads, said heads being provided with suitable openings toreceive lagscrews for securing the block to the sills, the

said block being made alike on both edges, substantially as described.

2. A brake-block for railway-cars, comprising a web of uniform thicknessthroughout, adapted to fit between the draft-sills of a railway-carprovided with flanged heads at each end through which to passsecuring-screws into the sills, said web having openings to receive theupper ends of the main and auxiliary brake-beam hangers which aresuspended therefrom, the upper and lower edges of the said block beingmade exactly alike substan tially as described.

3. A brake-block for railway-cars, comprising a central web and flangedheads through which to pass securing-screws, the web being provided withtwo sets of 0pp0sitelypositioned openings for receiving the brake-beamhangers which may thus be suspended from either edge of said web,whereby the block is made reversible, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the center draftsills of a railway-ear, of abrake-block provided with perforated head-flanges, screws passed throughthe perforations into the sills, an intermediate web provided withoppositely-positioned pairs of openings whereby the parts may besuspended from either edge thereof, the brake-beam, and the main andauxiliary brake-beam hangers secured in said openings and supporting thebrake-beam, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS W. SALING. Witnesses:

R. A. BURNETT, RUFUS GILES.

